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Web Analytics Lessons From ShanghaiPRIDE 2014. Overview. ShanghaiPRIDE and shpride.com Mobile First, Desktop First Website Content Traffic Sources. About ShanghaiPRIDE. Raise awareness and visibility of LGBT community in China Increase acceptance and tolerance
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Overview • ShanghaiPRIDE and shpride.com • Mobile First, Desktop First • Website Content • Traffic Sources
About ShanghaiPRIDE • Raise awareness and visibility of LGBT community in China • Increase acceptance and tolerance • Annual week-long event since 2009 • Run by ~20 core organizers
shpride.com • Wordpress-based • Custom plugins • Custom responsive template
Analytics • First time collecting analytics • Used Google Analytics because it was easy • Recorded 39 000 sessions in 4 weeks
Sessions Pride ends Pride begins
Sessions Before/During Pride After Pride
Key Takeaways • Mobile needs prioritization • Can use newer web technologies • Google Analytics increases page load time, need to find alternative
Landing Pages From Facebook
Broken Links Changing blog dates changes the URL causes broken links
Key Takeaways • Bilingual is critical to site success • Should do more to promote sponsors • Consider “year-less” pages for sponsors, beneficiaries • Develop way to advertise on main blog without changing URL
This is why this page is so popular
Takeaways • Curating content important to return relevant results
Summary • Analytics provided new and highly valuable information • 2015 development should address issues